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Show Postel rules, holiday deadlines set Because of changes in the handling of third-class mail effective ef-fective January 10, 1962, all mailers, this year, are asked to apply first-class postage to Christmas cards to reduce the liklihood of disappointing friends and loved ones. Formerly, Christmas cards prepaid at the third-class rate of 3c each were forwarded to a new local address if a change of address had been filed with the post office. Under present regulations, however, such cards are not forwarded to a new local address, and if unde-liverable unde-liverable as originally addressed addres-sed will be disposed of as waste, unless the sender has requested their return. This ap- j plies to wedding invitations also. In anticipation of what may well be the largest Christmas mailing ever, mailers are asked ask-ed to start their Christmas mail planning now. The deadline for mailing surface sur-face parcels to the Near East, Far East, and Africa has already al-ready passed and the deadline for surafce parcels for Europe, South America and Central America is November 10, to assure reaching their destination destina-tion in time for delivery before Christmas. Surface parcels for the armed forces overseas should be mailed by November 20, and air parcels before December De-cember 10. |